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Speed Ball and Piccadilly Commando

On New Year's Eve 1943, the main target scheduled to feel the wrath of the American Eighth Air Force was Merignac airfield near Bordeaux from where German long-range aircraft harassed Allied convoys carrying vital war supplies to beleagured Britain. (Other targets included the blockade runner,…... Read more
31
Dec
1943
JONES, Albert E.
  • JONES, Albert E.
  • 20 years
  • United States
  • First Lieutenant
  • O-802403
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
DEARBORN, Alfred LeRoy
  • DEARBORN, Alfred LeRoy
  • 22 years
  • United States
  • Second Lieutenant
  • O-750181
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
VAN DYKE, David H.
  • VAN DYKE, David H.
  • 37 years
  • United States
  • Staff Sergeant
  • 33303843
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
BRENNAN, William J.
  • BRENNAN, William J.
  • 21 years
  • United States
  • Staff Sergeant
  • 31243407
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
PAVLIC, Casimir
  • PAVLIC, Casimir
  • 28 years
  • United States
  • Staff Sergeant
  • 38194801
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
MOREY, Michael T.
  • MOREY, Michael T.
  • 22 years
  • United States
  • Sergeant
  • 13114877
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
BEKKEN, Carl Q.
  • BEKKEN, Carl Q.
  • 24 years
  • United States
  • Sergeant
  • 16156802
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
BITTNER, Raymond F.
  • BITTNER, Raymond F.
  • 20 years
  • United States
  • Sergeant
  • 13132091
  • B17 F Fortress 42-29887
  • 31st December 1943
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
31
Dec
1943
  • RODDY, William R.
  • 26 years
  • United States
  • First Lieutenant
  • O-666826
  • B26 B Marauder 42-95942
  • 17th February 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
Memorial Stone... Read more
17
Feb
1944
BARBER, Vernon D.
  • BARBER, Vernon D.
  • 21 years
  • United States
  • Second Lieutenant
  • O-691079
  • B26 B Marauder 42-95942
  • 17th February 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
17
Feb
1944
BARNETT, Henry Caudill
  • BARNETT, Henry Caudill
  • 24 years
  • United States
  • Second Lieutenant
  • O-797237
  • B26 B Marauder 42-95942
  • 17th February 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
17
Feb
1944
HARVEY, Vincent
  • HARVEY, Vincent
  • 22 years
  • United States
  • Technical Sergeant
  • 11052503
  • B26 B Marauder 42-95942
  • 17th February 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
17
Feb
1944
  • RYAN, William Herbert
  • 28 years
  • United States
  • Lieutenant Junior Grade
  • O-167982
  • PB4Y-1 Liberator 63946
  • 9th March 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
PBY41 - The Liberator that Ryan and his crew were in... Read more
09
Mar
1944
SHEA, John Joseph
  • SHEA, John Joseph
  • 31 years
  • United States
  • Ensign
  • O-320332
  • PB4Y-1 Liberator 63946
  • 9th March 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
09
Mar
1944
SHARKEY, William N.
  • SHARKEY, William N.
  • 25 years
  • United States
  • Ensign
  • O-299224
  • PB4Y-1 Liberator 63946
  • 9th March 1944
  • Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
09
Mar
1944
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